#Gnr lies

[rocketqueen1989x]

those curls 🫶🏽

[izzystradlindoesitforme]

Izzy Stradlin Vest Appreciation

Part II

'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.

[rocknrollflames]

Reminds me a little of E.T. in the closet with all the stuffed animals.

[1spy]

1988 | Guns N' Roses - "Patience"

I was riding my bike with a friend back in middle school, and he started singing this song that sounded really cool. The kids now would call it a meme song, where there's just one catchy bit that gets memorized and transmitted instantly to seemingly every kid you know. All I know is we were riding our bikes around and singing this song at the top of our lungs like kids did back then:

Take me down to the paradise city / Where the grass is green and girls are pretty / Oh won't you please take me home

It was so dumb and fun. And I had not, at the time, even seen the video for "Paradise City." In fact, the first video I remember seeing from Guns N' Roses was their mega-popular acoustic ballad "Patience."

It's not the most representative song in their catalog. GNR's debut album, Appetite for Destruction, had come out in 1987 and was full of heavy, uncompromisingly sleazy hard rock bangers that made other LA hair metal bands sound tame and fake in comparison. The album painted a portrait of a Hollywood underworld where sex and drugs are traded for access and opportunity, but where the American dream is most likely to end in an overdose. All of which seemed pretty far away from my life in suburban Spring, Texas.

But Patience was a perfect entry point for me, a kid whose favorite band was—at the time—the Eagles. The gentle acoustic ballad opens with Axl whistling, which may have been a savvy bid for pop relevance only one year after Bobby McFerrin's huge #1 hit "Don't Worry Be Happy" also included prominent whistling. Patience got all the way to number four.

I wasn't the only one connecting GNR to the Eagles. Hotel California and Appetite for Destruction have similar themes involving sex, excess, and corruption in a drug-soaked Hollywood. Axl had performed backing vocals on Don Henley's album, End of the Innocence. And Henley played drums and sang backup when Guns N' Roses played "Patience" on the 1989 American Music Awards.

It took two years for it to happen, but the singles for "Welcome to the Jungle," "Paradise City," "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Patience" eventually made the band ubiquitous. And Axl was constantly in the news for being a terrible human: starting shows late, nearly starting riots at his own shows, saying racist, misogynistic, and homophobic shit, and otherwise being a huge asshole.

At the time none of that mattered to me. What mattered was the way I felt when I pressed play on the CD. It was exhilarating every every single time. It still is. Appetite for Destruction is the best selling debut album of all time because it has no skips. It's an incredible hard rock album front to back, full of songs that are musical, surprising, funny, sophisticated, angry, and—more than anything else—convincing. It was hard to listen to Appetite and then put on Warrant, Poison or Motley Crue. Nirvana killed all those bands, but GNR put them on notice.

"Patience" wasn't on Appetite. It was on a follow-up collection of two EPs called GN'R Lies. The GNR half was old live performances from 1986 ("Move to the City" was my fave). The "Lies" half was a set of four acoustic originals whose popularity may have inspired MTV Unplugged:

"Patience"- the second song I ever learned to play on guitar all the way through.

"Used to Love Her" - A jokey song about killing your girlfriend and burying her in the back yard.

"You're Crazy" - Better, bluesier, and somehow darker than the version on Appetite.

"One in a Million" - The song whose lyrics included racist, anti-immigrant, and homophobic slurs, but also functioned as an Axl Rose origin story.

Even when I was a kid listening, the lyrics to "One in a Million" bugged me because Axl's lyrics on the song weren't just hateful, they were the worst lyrics he had recorded. It was a missed opportunity, because it's probably the best song on this record. It was his best vocal performance, it had the best solo, and Axl whistles over the opening again with an even better melody. It sucks because he ruined the song with half-assed, bigoted lyrics.

None of this is to provide an apologia for GNR (or for me). They were my favorite band until my senior year of high school. They were the reason my first guitar was a Gibson Les Paul like Slash played. And I dove DEEP into both Use Your Illusion records when they came out (I could write three or four more posts about UYI I & II).

But once Izzy Stradlin' left the band, I knew they were never going to make another record as good as Appetite. The best songs off Use Your Illusion are the Izzy songs. The coolest guy in that band was Izzy. And the best post-Appetite record by anyone in the band is Izzy's solo record with the Ju Ju Hounds.

I went to see Guns N' Roses in 1992 with Soundgarden opening. And I'm glad I did. But Izzy wasn't there, and I felt his absence. Basically, it feels like I left GNR when Izzy did.

But if he ever rejoins the band, I might see them again.

Fave lyrics (for someone who loved walking the tough suburban streets of Cypresswood at night):

I've been walking the streets at night Just trying to get it right It's hard to see with so many around You know I don't like being stuck in the crowd And the streets don't change but maybe the names...

[rodpower78]

Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction + G n' R Lies (Australian TV ad ...

[oldsoulgunsnrosesgirl]

Ok This Is Fr So Me I Love All These Albums So Much😭😍I love these men so much

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[adoringyouhxney]

GN’R Lies

[rocknrollflames]

Yep. I remember that passage. He's got a good heart, Steven.

Happy Birthday, dear sweet, fun, loving, unselfish, gorgeous, talented man.

“Obviously we still had to work other jobs. Steven was the only one of us who was not working. He had been kicked out of his house when he was twelve and learned early how to make his way on the streets. But he was completely unselfish. If he scrounged up the money for a hamburger or a bag of Cheetos, he would share it with me or any of the other guys - no matter how hungry he was.”

- Duff McKagan about Steven Adler

[rocketqueen1989x]

I CANT. THEY LOOK SO FED UP 💀

[rocknrollflames]

GNR Fox Late Night 1988

Still one of the best.

[stvnszlr]

okay um . so i found this video of duff at a qna for his book a few years back where some guy starts being an asshole and like trying to harass him about knowing kurt cobain which is … what it is

BUT THE WAY DUFF RESPONDS ????? oml it has me WEAAAKKKK WATCH HIM SHOUT AT THIS FUCKING DUDE

I WOULD BE SCARED FOR MY LIFEEE IF SUCH A HUGE ASS DUDE LEANED OVER AND YELLED AT ME LIKE THAT oh my god duff is actually so intimidating

[my-bass-lies]

[lonelyplanetfag]

420 hours of hw and 69 cds later and i am laying sadly on the bathroom floor

[rocknrollflames]

The best Guns N'Roses song ever written.

[he-goes-down]

GUNS N ROSES

MASTERLIST 🫶

Blog Directory

might take ages cus i procrastinate

English aint my first language

I go by what im feeling that day for writing requests sorry.

I ALSO NEVER EDIT FOR SHIT

Fics:

There Was A Time - GNR

Something Stupid - GNR-shortstory

Estranged - GNR - fantasy -an idea

Shit posts:

Guns ‘n Poese - GNR - might be made in like 2 years time

Gnr mermaids - guide on how to do it - on hiatus for about maybe 2 years max

Requests:

Over 40 😥requests in the making (some not shown here cus im lazy)

Chosen by spin the wheel

Smut

Angst

Fluff

Although I mostly do smuts as they’re easier to write

Axl Rose:

Human Nature

Speedin’ Back To My Baby

Please - in drafts

Big Man With A Gun - in drafts

Wichita Lineman - in drafts

Thriller - in drafts

My Kinda Lover - in drafts

Burning Heart - in drafts

Slash:

Love Lies

Cant Fight This Feeling - in drafts

Underwear -in drafts

Give me Love - in drafts

Gimmie More - in drafts

Highway Tune - in drafts

Duff Mckagan:

Turbo Lover

Break On Through

Tenderness

Need you tonight - in drafts

Within you - in drafts

Sunspots - in drafts

Black Velvet - in drafts

Water - in drafts

Slither - in drafts

S&M - in drafts

Cum On Feel The Noize - in drafts

Crazy in Love - in drafts

For Crying Out Loud - in drafts

Izzy Stradlin:

Photograph

Too funky

Run to you - in drafts

Come On Now Inside - in drafts

Big Love - in drafts

Hot For Teacher - in drafts

Girls on film - in drafts

Hard to get away I’m sorry/ get away - makes me wanna die inside from sadness so might take time

Steven Adler:

End Of The Night

Addicted To Love

Obsession

Excitable - in drafts

Out Of Touch - in drafts

Bad Medicine - in drafts

(I Just) Died In Your Arms- in drafts

Multiple:

DuffxrxIzzy:

Wild Child

Pretty Tied Up (wild child pt2) -in drafts

My Best Friend’s Girl - (Turbo Lover pt2) in drafts

DuffxrxSlash:

Our Last Summer

IzzyxrxSteven:

Sweet Surrender - in drafts

Allxr:

In The Still Of The Night - stumped

Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - in drafts

Fantasy:

V! - vampire W! - werewolf

Blood That Moves The Body -V!IzzyxrxW!Slash

Lullaby - V!Izzy

The Walk - V!Axl

-in drafts

Lovesong -V!Steven

-in drafts

Crossover:

IzzyxrxJulianCasablancas:

Reptile

IzzyxrxDaveMustaine:

Rock You Like A Hurricane - in drafts

Others:

Warren DeMartini - Dancing On Glass

Julian Casablancas - Relax - tryna get thru the gnr ones

Jon Bon Jovi x r x Tom Keifer - Shake Me - in drafts

[hoonvrs]

CLOSE TO YOU — s. jaeyun

req for 1k event!

PROMPT [ one, 9 ] showering with your partner (not in a sexual way) [ one, 14 ] rubbing your partners back until they fall asleep

PAIRING jake x gnr

GENRE est. relationship, fluff

WARNINGS mentions of injury (no one gets hurt), suggestive humour, they're gonna be naked everybody act surprised

W. COUNT 1.0k

S. NOTE jake </33

these days jake seems to be getting home tireder than usual.

recently, they’ve picked up on practices with their new comeback and tour preparations training draining every ounce left of his energy, and today was no exception.

you heard jake come through the front door around midnight, sluggish footsteps getting closer to your bedroom at an agonising pace. watching the door swing open before a figure that resembled your boyfriend walked in eyes half shut.

he groaned at you in some form of greeting before throwing his body, face down, onto the bed, “ikeu, don’t fall asleep now. you have to wash up.”

he grumbled loudly, making sure to show his annoyance loud enough to reach you through the pillow. you feared he might suffocate in this state with the way his face was flat against it, you weren’t even sure how he was breathing right now.

you tried to usher him up by gently shaking his shoulder but you only received small cried but no sign of any getting up from him.

“babe, you need to wash up so you can sleep properly,” you whined, rolling him over so you could finally see his face.

he rubbed his eyes harshly, finally making an effort to even open them, “i don’t think i can stand up without sleeping right now.”

“how about i help you wash up, make sure you don’t fall in the shower and split your head open.”

“ooh, what are you trying to do?” he smirked, well tried. it just came off as a lazy smile.

you gently slapped his shoulder, “even when you’re half asleep you’re annoying. get up, i need to shower anyways.”

“is this that ‘saving water’ excuse, so you can see me naked.”

“shut up!”

+

right now you had a half conscious jake sitting on the closed lid of the toilet seat whilst you adjust the shower to the perfect temperature. the urge to snap a couple photos of him took over you, he looked so cute trying to keep his head up, trying his best to stay awake for you. too bad you left it on your bed when you had to wrestle him out of his jacket.

“come on pretty boy, clothes.”

“i like when you call me that,” he lifted his arms upright, expectancy shown the the way he didn’t move afterwards, “help me, pretty girl.”

you huffed, coming forward to help him undress. he was lucky he was in this state or you probably would’ve aimed the shower head at him - for encouragement.

once you were both undressed, you helped jake step in which seemed like a struggle and a half. you didn’t know there were so many times a person could slip taking two steps unti; he proved you wrong. “please jake, help me so i can help you!”

with that extra push you were finally able to get both of you safely under the falling water. 

grabbing the shampoo, you began to slowly lather it up in your hands before working it in jakes scalp, having him let out a sigh as you began to massage through his hair.

“turn around so i can wash your back,” he obediently followed your orders, i guess today seemed to take a toll on him because he didn’t even try to slide a sly remark or tease you.

making sure you cleaned his whole body knowing how particular he was with his hygiene, using his favourite scents ( read: your shower gel ) instead of his usual. “don’t forget yourself, babe.”

even through his delirious state of mind, he’d never forget to make sure you’re okay. it just wouldn’t be jake without including you in everything he does, even when you were supposed to be taking care of him.

“i lied. i already showered earlier, i just wanted to help you.” you could hear small giggles coming from him, and although you couldn’t see his face you could imagine his face scrunched up with his eyes still closed as the sounds escaped his mouth. 

“you’re so in love with me, its crazy,” maybe you spoke too soon.

“okay, time to get out.”

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if getting jake out of his clothes was a struggle, you should try getting him in them.

“try to cooperate with me please! the air con is on you’ll get sick!”

“it’s too hot.”

“jake sim, i swear to god,” it was almost like trying to get a toddler into a pair of jeans that they thought ‘felt weird’, you were so close to tackling him, “if you don’t get dressed, i’m not cuddling you.”

you’d think you felt a gust of wind coming past you with how fast those few words had jake flying to put his pants on, “this is coercion, i hope you know that.”

“yeah yeah, just get in bed before i sleep without you.” you could him him grumbling under his breath, complaining about how you were genuinely about to withhold your love from your one and only boyfriend who could do no wrong.

soon joining him once you’d turned off all the lights but a dim lamp on your night stand, “you’re like a baby when you’re sleepy.”

“but you still love me right?” he questioned, peaking at you through the covers.

“how could i not, now get over here. i’m cold,” you could feel the excitement rolling off of him in waves. jake was always the type to outwardly express himself over little things you both did. whether it be cooking, eating or cuddling together like now, its almost like his excitement was to large for his body to contain within itself.

once he was nestled comfortable in your arm, you slowly began to rub your hand along his back in calm motions. he’d told you at the beginning of your relationship he found the gesture comforting, reminding him of when his mother used to put him to sleep when he was younger.

after a long day he had, he surely needed the extra love you could give him. even if he doesn’t ask for it himself.

“goodnight pretty girl, i love you.”

“i love you too, pretty boy.”

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